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Are you the same offline as you are online?

I know for a lot of people out there, who they are online is not quite how they are in person. I am typically how I am online only if I don't know you too well, I am very quiet and reserved. The internet tends to see my more open and talkative side which is normally closed off for family and strangers/people I don't know well enough.

For the most part I'm pretty similar to how I am in RL. Weirdly I think I'm actually more timid online normally. LOL When I was younger I think there was probably relatively big difference. I use to be insanely hyper online, but wasn't quite that intense RL. Now I just feel like I'm a balance and pretty much myself, except less talkative most the time. (At least in big groups, I tend to be a lurker)

"It turned out that the ghost was just Mr. Finley, who ran the amusement park. The spooky part is that, as soon as the ghost appeared, the teenagers' dog began to speak! And it spoke in a tortured parody of human speech: 'relp me, Raggy,' it would say. 'I am an abomination and rould re rilled. Rill re, Raggy.'"

I recall creating a thread about the very same topic some time ago. So I searched my threads and sure enough, I made it in 2011. Only reason I remember is because necromancers resurfaced it a couple of years ago. So... a new thread on the matter is very much needed!

Back on topic, generally speaking I think people are more confident online (for obvious reasons) but over the years (especially after becoming a 30-year-old boomer) I stopped giving nearly as many fucks about many things. Both on the internet and in real life I often say and do shit without thinking it through first. It would probably take plenty of liquor to become as talkative though.

Gene: "Have faith in me guys, enjoy the ride—you're in good hands. I can handle this. I can do it!"Jim: "How do you know?"Gene: "I don't!"Jim: "I knew it."Gene: "That's okay. There's a first time for everything!"

In real life I'm a lot sexier and taller than I am on here. I also drive several sports cars, which I don't/can't do on this forum.

Uhhhh as for a real answer I think I'm like 15% less articulate than I am when I have the time to put things in writing at my own pace. I still have the same opinions and shitpost-y attitude, but I throttle it back as the situation dictates (in public, at work, etc.). Since getting married and buying a puppy I have learned to be far more patient than I was even 8 months ago. Every decision I make now is roughly 50/50 so it takes a lot of effort to overcome the frustration at times.

"Out of the ground, raze all greenery with flame! Fire2!"

Originally Posted by Starwind55

It deals with a demon virus that transforms people into freaky looking fuckers